Arizona, March 29 -- England's Charley Hull is two shots off the lead at the Ford Championship here after carding a three-under-par 69 in the second round.

The overnight leader slipped behind American Lilia Vu, who hit a 64 to move to 14 under for the tournament at the halfway stage.

Two-time champion Vu made eight birdies to catapult herself clear of the field, with compatriot Nelly Korda, Denmark's Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Thailand's Atthaya 'Jeeno' Thitikul alongside Hull on 12 under, the BBC reported.

Hull followed up her opening 63 with four birdies and a single bogey as she struggled to keep pace with Vu in windy conditions.

"I felt like I played pretty solid out there today," she said. "I holed some good putts, and I missed some...